NEW DELHI: Following its announcement of partnership with Redmi Note 4G, Bharti Airtel Thursday opened bookings for it across six cities in India — Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi-NCR and Kolkata.
Priced at Rs.9,999, the Redmi Note 4G has a 5.5-inch display, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC, 2GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, 13 megapixel camera and a 3100 mAH battery. The smartphone runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and supports 4G networks.
Customers will be able to book Redmi Note 4G on Airtel by visiting www.Airtel.in/mi starting Thursday and sales will begin in stores Jan 2, 2015. Airtel will also organize a ‘Mi Day’ each week at select stores in these cities enabling customers to walk-in and walk-out with a Redmi Note 4G even without any pre-booking, a statement said.
Xiaomi’s online flash sale of 40,000 Redmi Note 4Gs went out of stock in 6 seconds two days ago.
"Customers purchasing the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G will also be provided a 4G SIM and will be able experience amazing 4G speeds on their device in cities where Airtel offers 4G services. Existing Airtel 3G users can enjoy 4G speeds on their new Redmi Note 4G at the same tariff as their existing 3G plan, without activating any special 4G plan," it said.